5 Methods to Run Up Your Sales Email Writing

Sales letters and emails can seem daunting if you’re new to them or haven’t spent much time doing them. Understandably so. Nobody wants to come off as pushy or like they’re trying too hard to make a sale because that’s how you turn your prospect away.

Set Up Templates

If you’re reinventing the wheel every time you write an important Sales Email, you’re already needlessly wasting time. In fact, there are already sales email templates out there you can use as a jumping-off point. Instead of staring at a blinking cursor on a blank screen, you’ll need only customize these prewritten emails to fit your own unique situation. Once you have a Sales Email set up exactly as you’d like it, save it as an Outlook Template so that you’ll be able to access it and make a few customizations the next time you need to follow up on an opportunity. You can even save separate templates for the different types of follow-ups you might send on a given day.

Time Yourself

If you took the SAT or ACT in preparation for college, you likely are familiar with writing essays within time constraints. Put yourself on a timer as you start your email and pretend you only have a set amount of time to complete the Sales Email you’re writing. You can always revise later, but you’ll at least have text that you can improve. Experts also recommend starting with a rough outline, even if you merely write down the basics of what you want to say. If you have something in place at the start, you’re less likely to get stuck as you write.

Dictate

As a salesperson, you’re likely a natural talker, so why not speak your emails? Tools are available now that make it easy to dictate your emails. Simply start talking and once you reach the end, clean up the text to eliminate any misspellings or punctuation errors. This is especially helpful if you’re a slow typist who can speak much more quickly than you can write. You can save even more time by recording your email on your phone while you’re in the car on the way back to the office from your sales meeting, then importing that file into your computer to create an email from it.

Remove Distractions

Nothing will slow you down more while writing than distractions. In fact, once you’ve begun typing, you’ll likely think of at least a dozen other things you need to be doing. This is where timing yourself can come in handy. Silence your phone and turn off email notifications until you’ve finished writing your email. If other people might slip in and distract you, hang a “do not disturb” sign or find a quiet place where you can write uninterrupted. Then set a timer on your phone or use an online tool to force yourself to focus only on writing for the time period you’ve set.

Turn Off Your Inner Critic

Often perfectionism slows someone down the most when it comes to writing something important. You may hear the voice of your high school English teacher or your own inner critic as you begin to type. Shut those voices out and focus on the message you’re trying to convey. If it helps, give yourself permission to write a bad first draft, with the knowledge that you’ll refine it once you have the words on paper.

Some sales professionals dread the idea of writing follow-up emails, but a few simple tricks can make the process easier. Over time, you’ll find that you can fire off a message in only minutes, letting you get back to your other duties.

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